John Allen (footballer, born 1964)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 November 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Chester, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Oskarshamns AIK (Head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | Chester City | 79 | (5) |
| 1984–1985 | Mansfield Town | 2 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Huima | 40 | (10) |
| 1987–1988 | MP | 47 | (10) |
| 1989 | Västra Frölunda | 8 | (1) |
| 1989 | Malmö FF | 5 | (1) |
| 1990–1992 | MP | 80 | (8) |
| 1993–1994 | RoPS | 49 | (13) |
| 1995 | TPS | 26 | (8) |
| 1996–1997 | MYPA | 36 | (6) |
| 1998 | RoPS | 26 | (4) |
| 1999 | TPV | 18 | (1) |
| 1999 | KuPS | 4 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Salpa | 37 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2008 | TPS (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | TPS | ||
| 2009 | ÅIFK | ||
| 2010–2011 | RoPS | ||
| 2012–2014 | SalPa | ||
| 2015–2016 | FC Jazz | ||
| 2016–2018 | Inter Turku (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Inter Turku | ||
| 2019– | Oskarshamns AIK | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Allen (born 14 November 1964) is a football player and coach. He is currently the head coach of Oskarshamns AIK.
Playing career
Allen started playing football at his local club Chester City. After a brief visit at Mansfield Town, he emigrated to Finland.[1] At MP he made his top flight debut on 1987. He made a total of 282 appearances and scored 50 goals while playing for RoPS, TPS, MYPA and TPV. As a player, he won the Finnish Championship, then known as Mestaruussarja, twice.
Managerial career
After retiring as a player he joined his former club, TPS, as an assistant coach in 2003. He took charge of the first team as a caretaker on 2008 after Martti Kuusela's dismissal.[2] After the appointment of Pasi Rautiainen in 2009, Allen became the manager of TPS's feeder club, ÅIFK as well as the youth teams of TPS.[3]
In November 2009 Allen signed a two-year contract with RoPS, then playing in the second highest division of Finnish football system.[4] After only one season with RoPS they gained promotion to Veikkausliiga after being crowned the champions of Ykkönen.
In October 2014 he was signed by FC Jazz.[5]
Allen joined Swedish team Oskarshamns AIK in December 2018.[6]
Honours
- Ykkönen: 2010
References
- ^ Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Chester City: 1946/47 – 1999/2000 & 2004/05 – 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ John Allen as caretaker of TPS Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Pasi Rautiainen replaces John Allen as TPS manager Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ John Allen takes charge of RoPS (in Finnish)
- ^ "John Allen FC Jazzin päävalmentajaksi" (audio) Radio Pori, 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ John Allen ny huvudtränare för Oskarshamns AIK, oskarshamnsaik.se, 30 December 2018
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1964 births
- Living people
- English football managers
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- Rovaniemen Palloseura managers
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- Sportspeople from Chester
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- English footballers
- Chester City F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- English expatriate footballers
- TPS Turku football managers
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Malmö FF players
- FC Jazz managers
- Association football midfielders
- English expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Salon Palloilijat players
- Salon Palloilijat managers
- Veikkausliiga players
- Allsvenskan players
- Tampereen Pallo-Veikot players